Lík-strá
Old Norse Dictionary - lík-strá
Meaning of Old Norse word "lík-strá"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lík-strá
- n. pl. [Ivar Aasen likstraa], ‘lyke-straw,’ n. G. l. ii. 247; dead bodies before being put into the coffin were put on straw, hence the phrase, öllum lengri var sú eina nótt, er ek lá stirðr á strám, Sól. 47; cp. also the Icel. nástrá, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚴ-ᛋᛏᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)